Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-02

RAINIER ana Tue OaeoaQea- ana tue
moist sec breezes from the Pa ide. 10
RetheF With the charm and endless
variety Of its scenery, and places Of re
sort cambine 10 make Seattle unFivaled
ss headquarters for tourists and sun
meF loiteFers. Its hotel Recommendations
are ample ans not surpassed in excel
lence BY those OF auY city OF equal size
a the Union. With 3 population OF
1900 steadily increasing, it, banks,
schools. churches, newspaper, steamer
and railroad facilities are IN advance Of
nest of those in cities twice rs laFgs.
residences and beautiful grounds attest
the wealth and refined tastes Of lis citi.
Gems.
Prosperity nov smiles on evsrs side.
The unprecedented rush Of immigration
to our shores is rapidly elevAiine seattle
TO the front rank Of Pa iho coast cities.
The city iP thoroughly lighted with
well appointed systems, both Of gas
works and eleo.ric light An abandancs
Of pure spring water 10 furnished, e.
also an inexhanstibls supply from Lake
Washington, BY thu spring Hill
Water Oompany's works. erected IN
1883. at cost OF $SO0.O00-
luGE6 ME4 AA1O nNo OK 1AA ntnu4
companies IN the city supplying water
on q smaller scale. There are over Is
miles of well graded streets within the
corporation limits and Eearly 60 miles
Of sidewalk. A large amount OF money
has been expended IN psrfeotinR sys-
tenn Of drainage and sewerage. The
salubTity and healthfulness Of the city
il uneQuallsd By any other city Of 1900
ha rnuakss.nnh Tha - naf -
are low and the assessed valuations are
about one half of the actual selling val
uea. Seattle il thoroughly cosmopolitan,
not only every State and Territory be-
| ing represented in its population. but
probably every nationality 10 the world
Not only has 10 some twenty different
churches, but almost every ism, creed,
belief, political persuasion, secret or
| open society, etc., in che world has here
| its ooterie OF adherents, yet all are haF-
monious, neighborly, peaeeable, unisedly
working with unanimous zeal in the
l common purpose of building up their
idolized city and metropolis.
Seattle is the headquarters Of the
steam marine of Puget Sound. Some
eighty odd stea nboats, varying In size
/ from the leviathans Of the ocean down
Il W sue ItNCL otDNAICA09 0AG 0Uu1s1utlY
blowing the waters OF the Sound, dart
rag here and there. prying into every
nook and recess Of the great inlet and
its tributary rivers and lakes. Lake
Washington, the great fresh water Med
iterFanean Of Washingtos Territory,
twenty-six miles long aud four miles
wide, and deep as Paret Sound itself,
constitutes the magnificent east-sids
water front Of the city. The saltwater
and fresh water shores are only about
i've miles apart. On this lake is to be
located the great Government navy yard
Of the Pacific. The town site Of Seat
tie, like New York, Is an island. The
north end rests on Lake Union,
6hilshole Bay, and the canal nov be
ing constructed between the lakes, and
the south end on the Black and Do
vanish Rivers. The Puget Sound Shore
Line Railroad (stan6ard gaRe) connects
Seattle with the East. The Cedar River
extension reaches the coal mining ham
lets of Cedar Mountain, Black Diamond
and Franklin, and the Oslumbia b Pu-
get Sound Railroad accommodates the
heavy tfathe Of the ReDt0n and New
castle o0llieries. Several other railroad
enterprises destined to connect the city
With the worries vast com meroe are TAX
ing shape, and will be put under con
stFuction nc an early day. Over three
miles OF street railway are uoW con-
alracted and in operation, and extern
sions outward are actively and rapidly
in progress 81 the present time, follow
ing up the advance Of Improvement and
population.
ThenQh buildine has been slack dur
| ing the past three years OF universal
business depression. aggravated By the
reaction from she Willard boom Of 1882
81, vet there has been q steady aAd
healthy growth ell the tiue. Seattle
| never goes backward nor even stands
still. And nov both building aud busi-
uees show an unwonted revival. All
hands that can work are busy ct good
wages and there 10 an eager demand for
thousands more. There must be 9 con
siderable immigration Of skilled and
anskilled labor in order to carry out the
| projected Improvements Of the present
season IN Seattle.
Taken altogether the attractions Of
Seattle are ontqualed, either for the
tourist seeking recreation and hsaIthful
enjoyment Of scenic novelties OF for the
business man seskiug q safe field for the
lucrative investment Of capital. The
veg from any Of she pleasant hishts,
10 and about the city, is unsurpassed,
Westward one looks aoross the broad,
| magnificent haFboF. at all times en-
| livened with the moving sails Of the
worlds shipping, and its sarfaos vexed
With the keeis and restless wheels Of
the incoming and departing carriers
o. commerce, the vista terminating aud
enclosed aososs the entire vide harboF.
mouth By the blue massive outlines OF
the Olympic Range. silver saahed with
eternal SHOWS. Turning eastward, toe
! sye chances across the GlimmerinQ en-
panse Of Lake Washington, upon the
forest frineed shores Of the Opposite
coast, and the dark green amphitheatre
rising In terraces beyond seward the
foothills and resting q last upon the
jagged and stnpenoous paFapets Of the
Cascade mountains. blue and silver
against the sky. On the north, Lake
| Union and the gigantic snsw. covered
OuttFess Of Kulshsn 90 Mt. Blker, and
10 the sonshwaFd the view CLOSES With
the ave-inspirinR vision Of the Sublime
dome Of NJ. Rainier, i4,500 feet high,
all 10 view and seeming 70 rise from the
very waters edge. That mountain.
monarch stands fully seventy miles
aNeys tuoaka y tDoAa 70 b9 only JOSH
across the lake, uheeted from base 10
summit with parpefual SHOWS and nour-
ishtns q hundred rivers and streams
from its Continuous glaciers. Il 10 forty
0iles m oireanfeFsuee a its base, and
the distance acroes ah8 crater &c its
summit u neaFiy fear miles.
Among tbs innumeFabie points Of in-
'eress for Summer aiRhtseera. besides
front fishing, saimsn trolling, cunning
and canoeing, there IL the choice of the
Ohantauqua camp Ct 6ardner's Beach,
the yaohs cruise among the thousand
islands and grand scenery Of the Aruhi-
peiaRo 10 Washington B0and, the Sac
qaAimis PraiEis and Hop Ranob, With
zoe soleBdid fails. where the main river
takes q perpendicalaF leap Of $50 fest;
also the LillissAup Fslla bstWeeB
Hood'a Canal and the Olympic RznRs,
the H0sknoo Rells en- Uppor Cedar
FIseE. and many other resorts wheEe She
grand, sablims aud The pictuFesqas nav
% enjoyed eonjointly with comfort,
sAlnbFify and health.
AZ for hasineas inanoemenia, the
shrswd investor in real estate need only